HMS Perseus (1897)

HMS Perseus was laid down at Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull, in May 1896, launched on 15 July 1897, and completed in 1901.^[1] Under the command of Commander Edmund Radcliffe Pears, she was in March 1901 commissioned to form part of the East Indies fleet,^[2][3] where she was often stationed in the Persian Gulf or the Gulf of Aden. In September 1901 she prevented the landing of Turkish troops at Kuwait,^[4] and in September 1902 she demolished the fort at Balhaf in response to pirate activities by the locals there.^[5]

HMS Perseus was sold for scrap on 26 May 1914.^[6]

• Brassey, T.A. The Naval Annual 1902. Portsmouth, UK: J Griffin and Co, 1902.
• Chesneau, Roger and Eugene M. Kolesnik. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1979. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
• Gardiner, Robert and Randal Gray. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1985. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
• World War I Naval Combat webpage

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